Argument over bill with restaurant employee leads to police being called in and, eventually, arrest of Peterborough man on Sunday (April 13)

Peterborough-Lakefield Community Police Service

PETERBOROUGH -- A dispute over a bill at a Peterborough restaurant has landed charges for a 41-year-old man.

Peterborough-Lakefield police report that on Sunday (April 13) at 6:45 p.m., two men were at a Charlotte Street restaurant drinking with a friend. Police say the pair became confrontational with an employee of a bill that needed to be paid and police were called.

When officers arrived, police report one of the men became belligerent and began yelling obscenities at police. Police say the man was asked to leave the premises many times and refused to do so. He also continue to swear at police. He was eventually arrested.

Joel Edward McLean, of Rubidge Street, is charged with causing a disturbance. He appears in court on May 29.